The Xperia Z goes for a swim [Video]

One of the big strengths of the Sony Xperia Z is its water and dust resistance. It is one of the key features that is likely to separate it from other flagships in 2013. Sony says that the handset is water resistant up to 1 metre and that it can be submerged for 30 minutes. Well if you’re wondering whether it is resistant enough to take to your local swimming pool then the video below has the answer.

It was taken from the team at SoyaCincau, where it was submerged in water up to 1.5 metres in depth. The phone wasn’t treated with kids gloves as you’ll see in the video, so it’s encouraging that you will be able to use it in the pool or the beach and take some great footage with family and friends. The handset cannot be operated under water, therefore the record button needs to be pressed before being submerged. The quality of the video is great all things considered and you can tell that the mic can pick up a lot of audio too. See the video below.

It’s a shame that Sony left out a physical camera button; if the screen really can’t be activated underwater then obviously there is no way to use it as an underwater camera, which is a real shame

hopefully they’ll be a way to mod the camera to use the volume key, but then no auto focus…

Metallica

maybe you could start the self-timer before dipping it in the water ..

adsada_arc

yeah true, but that’s an effort especially if you want to take more then one photo. You’d have to resurface every time

http://www.facebook.com/ashad.mamood Ashad Mamood

Cool! Now this is what Sony need to advertise. Advertise these qualities and watch the phone sell! Screw all those over exaggerating the viewing angles bullsh… This is a quality handset and the screen is good! Try it yourself before you believe the nonsense! No one hardly ever uses a phone off centre!

Alaa

Very Very Very Nice and Amazing
But can I take a Vedio in 1.2 – 1.5 m ???

Coolkid

Other top-end phones : We do this, we do that… Blah… Blah… Blah… What can you do…???

Xperia Z : I can also do all those things, that you all do…

Other phones : Then, what’s so SPECIAL about you… What’s the difference between you & us???

Xperia Z : Ugh… I swim…!!!

So much win….:D

Alaa

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://twitter.com/aivanusa aivan suástegui™❤

this vid made me want again to be a kid…with a xperia z phone!

http://twitter.com/dorian_jimi jimi_d

you could use the burst mode. it can make many many pics so no problem there :D

No. If it was able to it would be certified IPX8, which the Z isn’t. As always, you will come across anecdotal evidence of people being able to do that, but that’s outside the device’s tested abilities.

http://www.facebook.com/ashad.mamood Ashad Mamood

In a firmware update they could quite easily use the volume rocker to snap a pic.

dont quote me on this but i think i read somewhere it uses the same/similar tech as the xperia actives wet finger tracking where it responds to touch input even when wet and the camera has touch capture.

testor

there are camera apps that can make the power button or the volume rocker the camera shutter button.

jag

I SO WANT TO DO THIS!!!! cant wait to get my xZ

IStillHaveMyXperiaX10LOL

you can replay video and take snapshots right? like the one in OneX+?

pavel

GUYS,help me please!)Who know where i can get apk. files for messaging and phone from android 4.0 for TX or T??Thank you!)

You do realize that there are other video cameras in the world besides the one in the Xperia Z, right? :P Are you actually trying to say that there’s no possible way that footage of the Xperia Z could have been included in this video?

http://www.facebook.com/ashad.mamood Ashad Mamood

Yes they could have but as I mentioned I’ve tried my Sony Acro HD in shallow end of pool. Why would anyone go to all this trouble to fake something the phone is easily capable of?

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